EFJ Welcomes Successful Collective Bargaining Deal at Swedish Private Broadcaster

31.01.08 - 19:29 ... source : International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

... Printer Friendly Version 31/01/2008 Today the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the European regional group of the International Federation of Journalists, welcomed the successful contract deal that journalists reached with Swedish private broadcasters. After long negotiations between the Swedish Union of Journalists and the Employers Association of Sweden's major private broadcasting companies, including TV4, a new three-year collective agreement was signed with a major break-through regarding pay, working hours and short term contracts. The new agreement includes a wage increase averaging more than ten per cent during a three year period. But above all, the union was able to negotiate a working time reduction fo ...» Next (HTML)